It's congestive heart failure, not congenital. Congenital heart failure would imply it was present at birth. Just call it heart failure, that's what it is.
Great article. Hasn’t this really been the Republican vision for decades? The federal government should be dismantled except for the military. There should be no guardrails on greed and wealth and no protections for the needy or disadvantaged. The Republicans have pursued this relentlessly and now control all levers of power. It’s evil genius. I’m more and more convinced Trump is the clown front man who they let enrich himself and play with tariffs (until the markets react). There will be significant economic damage, pain and death until we can turn this around. Unfortunately, the Dems have to rebuild the party to fight, it’s going to take some time. Maybe the midterms can help, but that will just be a first step to push back forces of evil.
Living on borrowed time is an interesting title. It also applies to the United States as a country that was once democratic and is no longer even though too many Americans still act like it is to serve their ego and fragile emotions. They don’t want to admit the obvious: they now live in a fascist authoritarian regime that is quickly becoming theocratic. All this focus on him is not useful. He is a figurehead. A useful idiot. He will be gone sooner than later and the authors of project 2025 - who have set the machinery in motion and it’s humming along well - will take over and the ignorant white “Christian” base will fall in line as they will frame it as they have been saved from the “deep state”. The USA is beyond life support. It’s already an authoritarian fascist regime. Theocracy will be added next. Stop being distracted. You have a country - your rights and freedoms - to save. Once you lose them, you ain’t getting them back anytime soon. You’ve got a lot to change too. You got here for a reason. You have had a rude awakening that you’ve been getting screwed by billionaires and corporations who have bought your government, your country, your rights and freedoms. The system has royally fucked you. You never had “American exceptionalism”. You had a fairytale that turned into a nightmare. There has been a long American road to fascism. You need to turn the bus around or go off the cliff. You’re almost there.
If not something I want to be right about. Unfortunately, it’s the reality of the situation that too many people won’t wake up to because they are afraid. What the majority don’t understand though is that if you think it’s bad now, what’s coming is going to be a lot worse so it’s better to do something than nothing
This is one smart article. Unfortunately there are layers of Trump clones standing in the wings, ready to take over when Trump is no more (where's you back yard? Im coming over!!). The bigger problem is that there is no serious leadership figure to follow from the center left - although I have seen so many articulate, talented people in state and sicial government. Rachel Maddow features masses of people on the street in almost every state marching with signs fighting MAGA every night and Stacey Abrams has produced the "Ten Steps to Autocracy" article. It's not as if we don't understand what's happening. It's that Americans' powers have been voted away and so are very limited at the moment. I hope that changes (!!), but I also take your point about whether or not the midterms will take place. As a Canadian, this whole situation is extremely worrying for many reasons.
ALOHA..... “Fear is the tool of a tyrant, wielded to suppress independent thought. Instead of fear, let this moment fuel the fire that already burns at the heart of this place. A fire of righteous indignation at abuses of power.”
Jaw dropping article adding additional information that should rattle all Americans who believe in the founding elements and laws of our Constitution. We know we are in trouble with Trump, this pathetic Republican controlled House and Senate and the grotesque decisions of the Supreme Court, but the depth of the injury to our democracy is daily, crushing, unrelenting, palatable, and widespread. History will report that the final collapse of our nation rested on the shoulders of a felon President, elected by a slim majority of self-serving and/or easily scammed American voters, and the members of Congress who held up Trump’s lies, slime and deceit with their weak integrity, loss of moral compasses and deception in taking their Oaths of Office to protect the Constitution of the United States from both foreign and domestic enemies. The breadth of betrayal is staggering.
Me, too. I love thinking about "the guy who’s a burger away from a gold casket" and me and you and Lynne and more dancing naked to celebrate. Yes to "cracks can slowly lead to catastrophic structural failure." Maybe they are picking up speed to be fast now!
Excellent piece. I’ve long been mystified with the question of why people in the US are happy to vote against their own best interests. This began with Reagan, the original flimflam man. It just goes on and on.
EXCELLENT!! Restack, share, especially with the media and ALL of Congress (after hearing MTG say she hadn’t even read the most important piece of legislation in our history (& devastating), I don’t think MAGA has a clue!
Great job, Martin. You are always right to the point.
I am reading now a book about how we got here - Thom Hartmann - The Crash of 2016, explained for anyone to understand. Greed is the problem, the well known American entitlement, and the same greed of a few, created every crisis in history! Our today mess started with Reagan, and after him every republican added trillions to the debt, promising at every election to lower it, while in reality they cut taxes for the rich ones. Exactly what Trump is doing today.
The economic royalists Ruben and Greenspan visit to Clinton before inauguration and the consequences of it - more poverty. It is an interesting read.
Excellent article, even though it conjures up thoughts of dread. I hope beyond hope that I live to see the end of this; but I’d rather be dead than starving in some camp.
Does anyone remember Alexander Hamilton? When he was outed regarding his affair, instead of just being quiet, he wrote about it to try to control the narrative, and made the disaster much worse for himself.
It's congestive heart failure, not congenital. Congenital heart failure would imply it was present at birth. Just call it heart failure, that's what it is.
Brain fart, duly corrected Thanks Chris
Thought you had to actually have a heart to experience this malady. 😜
I’ve been praying for DJT.
Please join me in prayer:
Psalm 109.8
Great article. Hasn’t this really been the Republican vision for decades? The federal government should be dismantled except for the military. There should be no guardrails on greed and wealth and no protections for the needy or disadvantaged. The Republicans have pursued this relentlessly and now control all levers of power. It’s evil genius. I’m more and more convinced Trump is the clown front man who they let enrich himself and play with tariffs (until the markets react). There will be significant economic damage, pain and death until we can turn this around. Unfortunately, the Dems have to rebuild the party to fight, it’s going to take some time. Maybe the midterms can help, but that will just be a first step to push back forces of evil.
Let’s get that first step going and make it a BIG one!
Living on borrowed time is an interesting title. It also applies to the United States as a country that was once democratic and is no longer even though too many Americans still act like it is to serve their ego and fragile emotions. They don’t want to admit the obvious: they now live in a fascist authoritarian regime that is quickly becoming theocratic. All this focus on him is not useful. He is a figurehead. A useful idiot. He will be gone sooner than later and the authors of project 2025 - who have set the machinery in motion and it’s humming along well - will take over and the ignorant white “Christian” base will fall in line as they will frame it as they have been saved from the “deep state”. The USA is beyond life support. It’s already an authoritarian fascist regime. Theocracy will be added next. Stop being distracted. You have a country - your rights and freedoms - to save. Once you lose them, you ain’t getting them back anytime soon. You’ve got a lot to change too. You got here for a reason. You have had a rude awakening that you’ve been getting screwed by billionaires and corporations who have bought your government, your country, your rights and freedoms. The system has royally fucked you. You never had “American exceptionalism”. You had a fairytale that turned into a nightmare. There has been a long American road to fascism. You need to turn the bus around or go off the cliff. You’re almost there.
Oh I wasn’t talking about Trump. Your reading is correct
If not something I want to be right about. Unfortunately, it’s the reality of the situation that too many people won’t wake up to because they are afraid. What the majority don’t understand though is that if you think it’s bad now, what’s coming is going to be a lot worse so it’s better to do something than nothing
This is one smart article. Unfortunately there are layers of Trump clones standing in the wings, ready to take over when Trump is no more (where's you back yard? Im coming over!!). The bigger problem is that there is no serious leadership figure to follow from the center left - although I have seen so many articulate, talented people in state and sicial government. Rachel Maddow features masses of people on the street in almost every state marching with signs fighting MAGA every night and Stacey Abrams has produced the "Ten Steps to Autocracy" article. It's not as if we don't understand what's happening. It's that Americans' powers have been voted away and so are very limited at the moment. I hope that changes (!!), but I also take your point about whether or not the midterms will take place. As a Canadian, this whole situation is extremely worrying for many reasons.
Oh I’ve written all about those in the wings. I’m a bit worried now, you’re not the first wanting to watch me dance naked 🤣
ALOHA..... “Fear is the tool of a tyrant, wielded to suppress independent thought. Instead of fear, let this moment fuel the fire that already burns at the heart of this place. A fire of righteous indignation at abuses of power.”
Jaw dropping article adding additional information that should rattle all Americans who believe in the founding elements and laws of our Constitution. We know we are in trouble with Trump, this pathetic Republican controlled House and Senate and the grotesque decisions of the Supreme Court, but the depth of the injury to our democracy is daily, crushing, unrelenting, palatable, and widespread. History will report that the final collapse of our nation rested on the shoulders of a felon President, elected by a slim majority of self-serving and/or easily scammed American voters, and the members of Congress who held up Trump’s lies, slime and deceit with their weak integrity, loss of moral compasses and deception in taking their Oaths of Office to protect the Constitution of the United States from both foreign and domestic enemies. The breadth of betrayal is staggering.
I can't wait for the dancing naked in my back lawn part. I will even eat a burger then and i don't eat them. You are funny.
Me, too. I love thinking about "the guy who’s a burger away from a gold casket" and me and you and Lynne and more dancing naked to celebrate. Yes to "cracks can slowly lead to catastrophic structural failure." Maybe they are picking up speed to be fast now!
Our country is self-immolating.
Nuclear energy seems to be the best option, for future energy, it meets the requirements for heavy consumption
Excellent article...thank you.
Excellent piece. I’ve long been mystified with the question of why people in the US are happy to vote against their own best interests. This began with Reagan, the original flimflam man. It just goes on and on.
EXCELLENT!! Restack, share, especially with the media and ALL of Congress (after hearing MTG say she hadn’t even read the most important piece of legislation in our history (& devastating), I don’t think MAGA has a clue!
Great job, Martin. You are always right to the point.
I am reading now a book about how we got here - Thom Hartmann - The Crash of 2016, explained for anyone to understand. Greed is the problem, the well known American entitlement, and the same greed of a few, created every crisis in history! Our today mess started with Reagan, and after him every republican added trillions to the debt, promising at every election to lower it, while in reality they cut taxes for the rich ones. Exactly what Trump is doing today.
The economic royalists Ruben and Greenspan visit to Clinton before inauguration and the consequences of it - more poverty. It is an interesting read.
I have the book, I am a huge Thom Hartman fan. He gets it, he understands what’s going on and articulates it extremely well.
Excellent article, even though it conjures up thoughts of dread. I hope beyond hope that I live to see the end of this; but I’d rather be dead than starving in some camp.
Does anyone remember Alexander Hamilton? When he was outed regarding his affair, instead of just being quiet, he wrote about it to try to control the narrative, and made the disaster much worse for himself.
Thank you